100 or 104 Best Movies of the 1940s Survey

[SelwynMcGinty]

Other decade threads are still live, and there's no reason not to keep this train rolling - welcome to the 1940s!

Once again, it seems prudent to implement a weighted system - this time, participants are asked to list their
Top 25 of theatrical releases between January 1, 1940 and December 31, 1949.

The counting will be as follows:
25 points for the #1 choice, 24 points for the #2 spot, 23 for #3, etc. down the line. The #25 selection will be afforded 2 points, in order to distinguish it from the Honorable Mentions.

If you'd like to list some Honorable Mentions past 25 selections, please do so -
each title past the 25th will be awarded 1 point.

If indicated that there's no particular order, each selection will be awarded 7 points.

Don't imagine this will be tallied any time soon, so there's plenty of chances to change titles and lists.

Of course, any comments, thoughts, suggestions, questions or any discourse regarding Cinema of the great 1940s or anything else are encouraged and appreciated.

As always... thank you to everyone and cheers!

Starting off (this order may be subject to change in the coming days):

1. Citizen Kane
2. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
3. Double Indemnity
4. Casablanca
5. The Grapes of Wrath
6. A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven)
7. Rope
8. Bicycle Thieves
9. Shadow of a Doubt
10. The Best Years of Our Lives
11. Rome, Open City
12. The Red Shoes
13. Sullivan's Travels
14. Hellzapoppin'
15. Letter from an Unknown Woman
16. The Ox-Bow Incident
17. White Heat
18. Black Narcissus
19. The Set-Up
20. Ossessione (Obsession)
21. Nightmare Alley
22. Gaslight
23. I Walked with a Zombie
24. Drunken Angel
25. Mildred Pierce

Honorable Mentions - It's a Wonderful Life, To Be or Not to Be, Born to Kill,
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Unfaithfully Yours, Hail the Conquering Hero, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The Great McGinty, Rebecca, His Girl Friday, Kind Hearts & Coronets, Bitter Rice, Arsenic & Old Lace, Brute Force, Daisy Kenyon, Laura, Caught, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Odd Man Out, The Maltese Falcon, Leave Her to Heaven, Detour, Cat People, The Curse of the Cat People, The Outlaw, Thieves Highway, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The Spiral Staircase, The Razor's Edge and so many others.....